Research GrantsSince 2006, the CJD Foundation has awarded 35 grants for prion disease research. In the history of the program, we have awarded more than a million dollars in research grants. The CJD Foundation Research Grant Program offers families affected by prion disease a way to make a measurable impact on the field, in memory of their loved ones.

The 2018/19 CJD Foundation Call for Grant Applications will be announced in Spring 2018 at the Prion 2018 conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.Deadlines for submissions are as follows:

Deadline for receipt of Letters of Intent: August 1, 2018

Applicants selected to submit a full Grant Application will be notified by October 16, 2018

If advised to submit a full Grant Application, deadline is November 15, 2018

Awards communicated to recipients: January 15, 2019

Past Recipients of CJD Foundation Research Grants

The recipients of the 2017/18 CJD Foundation Research Grants are:

Dr. Hermann Clemens Altmeppen“Investigating the Potential of the Neuroprotective N1 Fragment of the Prion Protein as a New Treatment Against Prion Diseases”Institute of NeuropathologyUniversity Medical Center – Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Rodrigo Morales, Ph.D.“Systematic Evaluation of the Zoonotic Potential of Different CWD Isolates”Mitchell Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Brain DisordersDepartment of Neurology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School